Chapter 14: firearms demonstration

"How many years have you been back? Has it been more than ten years?" The old knight looked at his hometown, Huxin Town, under the fading sunset.

The servant beside him smiled and said, "Haha, Master Schroeder must be impatient?"

"I was very excited just now, and I suddenly thought that apart from those old people who occasionally corresponded, I don't know if there are other neighbors who remember me." Suddenly, an inexplicable sadness surged in the knight's heart, and the horse under the seat seemed to feel the master's thoughts , the speed gradually slows down.

The young servant comforted: "After all, it's been more than ten years. Even if you don't remember, there's nothing you can do. Anyway, you won't leave in the future. They will accept you again if you have a lot of time."

"You're right, Joyce, no matter how sad you are, it's useless, face it well. Che—" The knight dispelled the melancholy in his heart, shook the rein, and the horse trotted happily again.

"It's you, don't you really regret following an old man like me to such a rural place?"

"Where is it, I still need to learn a lot from you! I will not leave until I have completely emptied your knowledge that is at the bottom of the box."

"Oh? Then it depends on your ability..."

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"Knight Bryce, oh no, it should be Battalion Commander Bryce. He went with the lord to conquer the pirates, and he hasn't come back yet." Bryce's neighbor said.

"thanks."

After Schroeder thanked him, he turned to his subordinates and said, "It seems that the pirate problem here has revived again! Forget it, let's go back to the old house and clean it first, and then visit Bryce when he comes back."

So they went to the old house of Schroeder's family.

Along the way, Schroeder looked at the streets of his hometown. He didn’t look at them in a hurry just now, but now he looked carefully. Although the basic pattern has not changed much, it has become quite tidy. "Barrel" is probably used to store public garbage. Regardless of other things, in terms of cleanliness alone, even the Royal Street of the Royal Capital is no more than that.

"Huh? What's that? 'Boiled water shop', what is it? Is it a unique shop here?" Joyce, the follower, found a shop he had never seen before.

"I don't know, I've never had this kind of shop in my memory." The old knight was also very strange.

At this moment, they found a team coming from the pontoon bridge. After reaching the island in the middle of the lake, they did not head towards the main street of the town. They turned and disappeared by taking another path.

"Hmm... It seems that the result of the crusade against pirates is not optimistic." The knight and the retinue looked at each other and thought in unison.

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"In this way, your grandfather paid off the debts for my family, and also sponsored me to go to the capital for further studies, and later recommended me to join the Northern Army in Changling Fortress."

In the castle hall, Knight Schroeder ended his introduction.

"Then why did you go back to Huxin Town...?"

"Once people get old, they want to return to their roots, so I resigned from the army and returned to my hometown to settle down."

Schroeder’s words touched Paul a little. Yesterday’s failure made his excitement as a traveler drop by half. I don’t know if I can go back to the previous “hometown” .

"Your family has been kind to me. I heard what happened to your father, and I feel deeply saddened. Please allow me to join your team to avenge the old earl and contribute to the peace of my hometown. "Speaking of the old earl, the old knight showed grief and indignation on his face. Before the old earl praised his body in the letter, but now he is gone all of a sudden, **** pirate.

Bryce said happily: "Sir Schroeder has a wealth of military experience, and his joining will definitely make us recover from yesterday's failure."

He glanced at Bryce dissatisfied, without any vigilance, how could military secrets be revealed casually in front of outsiders? It seems that secrecy education should be strengthened in the army.

But having said that, he really urgently needs a general who is familiar with the military system of the current era. Although Bryce and his group are more than loyal, it is clear that dealing with pirates is the limit of their current capabilities.

"Knight Schroeder, welcome to join my army." He stood up and extended his hand to the old knight.

Schroeder held the little earl's hand and said, "Due to some reasons you should already know, I can't swear allegiance to you in the open, but time will prove my heart."

Paul expressed his understanding, and he did not want to use the personal attachment of the feudal era to guarantee the loyalty of the army.

Accompanied by everyone, Knight Schroeder went to the family cemetery to visit the old earl who had been sleeping for a long time, and then he asked for a review of the current territorial army.

In the afternoon, 4 companies assembled on the barracks playground. Knight Schroeder was amazed to see the soldiers' assembly speed and standing posture.

"Soldiers are good soldiers. Even His Majesty's army can't line up so fast and keep pace."

Hearing what the old knight said, the little count puffed out his chest, very proud of himself, as if he had forgotten that he had just lost the battle.

"But the momentum is much worse."

"Uh... After all, most of them are recruits, and they have a bad start. However, we have a powerful secret weapon. Let's demonstrate it in front of the whole army now. This is the first time."

Then he shouted to the soldiers: "The whole army obeys the order and rests."

"Soldiers, don't be discouraged by yesterday's failure! I have ordered people to fetch the secret weapons developed by our assault, and now I will show their power. With them, I will definitely be able to avenge my shame. First, I will show you the grenade , the grenadiers go out."

As soon as the voice fell, a group of soldiers carrying packages ran to a place far enough in front of the crowd and lined up, facing some thick wooden stakes that had already been planted in the ground. These soldiers were wrapped in thick cotton clothes from head to toe. They first took out the bamboo fire tube they carried with them (something similar to the ancient Chinese fire fold), opened the lid to blow up the fire, and then took out a strange-looking cylinder from their respective backpacks. Everyone guessed that this was the earl The grenade in the mouth of the adults can vaguely see a wooden handle protruding from the bottom, with a thin rope wrapped around it. After the soldiers unwrapped the rope, they held the wooden handle tightly.

All I heard was the little count's order: "Drop the bomb."

The demonstration soldiers immediately lit the thread on the object in their hands with a bamboo torch, and after burning for a while, they all threw their objects towards the stake with all their strength.

I saw the "grenades" thrown in the past exploded among the stakes, making loud noises. Some exploded after hitting the ground, and some exploded before they hit the ground. There was a large cloud of white smoke.

People who had never participated in the development of new weapons were taken aback by the explosion, and then they all realized that the explosions that recruits often heard during training were caused by this kind of thing.

A soldier in heavy armor went to check the piles and confirmed that there were no unexploded bombs. After making a gesture of safety, Paul ordered the formation to be disbanded, and the officers and soldiers came to observe the effect of the new weapons.

Everyone covered their noses, endured a pungent smell and came to the wooden post, and found that there seemed to be a huge force that embedded the fragments after the explosion (mainly the iron nails on the grenade) into the wooden post. They all exclaimed, if this is thrown into the crowd, the skin of those who don't wear less will be peeled off even if they don't die. If someone who is in the middle of bad luck gets smeared on his face all of a sudden, the picture is too beautiful to imagine.

Knight Schroeder praised sincerely: "It will be very useful to deal with the miscellaneous soldiers who have been temporarily recruited. Throwing a few of them can make them disperse."

"Next, I will show you the second weapon. As long as you hold it, even a farmer who has just put down his **** can easily kill a well-trained warrior." Paul clapped his hands loudly, attracting everyone's attention. Not without complacency, he let out an extremely tantalizing remark.

Two thick steel plates were fixed on the ground, and then two soldiers with matchlock guns came up, and everyone was quickly attracted by the strange weapons in the hands of the soldiers.

The two soldiers stopped at a distance of 10 meters from the steel plate. Following the steps they had already practiced, they took out a small bottle storing gunpowder. After opening it, they filled the medicine pool behind the barrel with some gunpowder and closed the medicine pool cover. Stand up the body of the gun, pour all the remaining gunpowder in the vial from the muzzle into the barrel, then take out a lead pellet and put it into the barrel, pull out the cleaning rod from under the barrel, insert it into the barrel and tamp it tightly Gunpowder and projectiles, and finally fix the burning end of the matchlock to the matchlock clip on the head of the serpentine rod of the bolt. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com has the cover of the medicine pool, which effectively prevents the matchlock from accidentally touching the medicine pool. The priming drug caused a fire escape.

"aim!"

After hearing the order, the two soldiers pointed their guns at the steel plate in front of each other, making a posture similar to that of a crossbowman aiming in the eyes of everyone.

"emission!"

The soldier closed his eyes and pulled the trigger. Pushed by the trigger, the cover of the medicine pool opened, and at the same time, the head of the serpentine rod quickly fell towards the medicine pool, so that the matchlock ignited the primer, which burned rapidly and ignited the gun barrel. propellant.

With a sound of "bump", the barrel of the gun spewed out a burst of flames and thick smoke. Everyone looked along the direction in which the musket was aiming, and saw a terrible big hole in the two steel plates.

"Oh...!" People who have not participated in the research and development of new weapons were stunned, and someone said dully: "This...is this magic?" Then a small projectile actually penetrated a steel plate.

The terrifying power of the musket set off a huge wave in everyone's heart, especially Schroeder, who had been in the military for decades, was only admiring when he saw the power of the "grenade", but the musket gave him the feeling that Horror can be used to describe it. I have practiced martial arts for decades. With the same weapons, it is not a problem for me to challenge a dozen ordinary people in close quarters. But if the opponent has a weapon like a musket, even if it is A child with a little more strength can easily kill himself.

He suddenly thought of something, turned around and asked, "My lord, please strictly control the use of this weapon, otherwise there may not be any trouble."

The little earl said with a smile: "Of course, Knight Schroeder, I don't want to have a big hole in my chest suddenly."